vmmouse_reconnect(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, welcome to vmmouse_reconnect(9) from the Kernel API Manual — this one is all about resetting the ps/2 - and vmmouse connections. lowkey iconic little mouse-reset moment 🐭✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int vmmouse_reconnect (struct psmouse *psmouse );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• psmouse — Pointer to the psmouse struct. literally just handing over the mouse struct, no cap 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So the way this works: it attempts to reset the mouse connections. That's the whole vibe. 🌀

It returns 0 on success and -1 on failure. periodt — those are the numbers, bestie, no guessing 💅

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

• Kernel file ./drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.c
• struct vmmouse_data(9)
• vmmouse_report_button(9)
• vmmouse_report_events(9)
• vmmouse_process_byte(9)
• vmmouse_disable(9)
• vmmouse_enable(9)
• vmmouse_check_hypervisor(9)
• vmmouse_detect(9)
• vmmouse_reset(9)
• vmmouse_disconnect(9)
• vmmouse_init(9)

source vibes live under ./drivers/input/mouse, this page is dated October 2026, and it's still the vmmouse_reconnect(9) page — slay, bye bestie 💅🎀🦋